The Afghan government and the Taliban say they will observe a rare three-day ceasefire to allow for celebrations marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Taliban spokesman Mohammed Naeem announced the order for the three-day pause to military operations on Twitter, but said the insurgents reserved the right to retaliate if the Afghan government attacked them. The break from fighting comes after one of Afghanistan’s deadliest weekends in years when at least 68 people died in a bomb attack outside a Kabul school.